Met Office gets a roasting as soggy becomes sultry

BRITAIN was this weekend basking in sunshine — just three weeks after the
country was warned to prepare for a decade of soggy summers.

Tourist resort managers said they were expecting their busiest weekend of the
year but voiced frustration at the mixed messages coming from the Met Office.

It was the hottest day of the year yesterday with a temperature of 28.1C
recorded at Heathrow. Forecasters predict temperatures could rise even
higher this weekend, thanks to high pressure expected to remain over the
country for much of the month.

One of the key factors influencing Britain’s weather is the position of the
north Atlantic jet stream. Spring was one of the coldest for decades and was
blamed on the jet stream moving south for several weeks.

The prospect of more settled weather comes with the jet stream moving north
over Scotland to its more usual position.